Find the value of x and BC if B is between C and D CB=4x-9 BD=3x+5 and CD= 17
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Answer:
The approximate difference between m∠C and m∠A is 45° to the nearest degree
Step-by-step explanation:
* Lets talk about the right triangle
- It has one right angle and two acute angles
- The side opposite the the right angle is called hypotenuse
- The other sides are called the legs of the right angle
- In ΔABC
∵ AC is the hypotenuse
∴ ∠B is the right angle
∴ AB and BC are the legs of the right angle
∴ Angles A and C are the acute angles
∵ m∠B = 90°
- The sum of the measures of the interior angles of a Δ is 180°
∴ m∠A + m∠C = 180° - 90° = 90°
- We will use trigonometry to find the measures of angles A and C
- sin A is the ratio between the opposite side to angle ∠A and the
hypotenuse
∵ BC is the opposite side of angle A
∴ sin A = BC/AC
∵ BC = 5 cm
∵ AC = 13 cm
∴ sin A = 5/13
- Lets find m∠∠A by using sin ^-1
∴ m∠A =
- Lets use the rule of the sum of angles A and C to find the measure
of the angle C
∵ m∠A + m∠C = 90°
∴ 22.62° + m∠C = 90 ⇒ subtract 22.62 from both sides
∴ m∠C = 67.38°
- Lets find the difference between m∠C and m∠A
∴ The approximate difference between m∠C and m∠A is:
67.38° - 22.62° = 44.78° ≅ 45° to the nearest degree
The ex- suffix often correlates a word to mean "outside", while the in- suffix often correlates a word to mean "inside". An exterior angle of a polygon would mean "an angle outside of a polygon". An interior angle of a polygon would mean "an angle inside of a polygon". Three exterior angles of this polygon would be angle B, angle D, and angle A. This is because these angles are outside of the polygon due to the extending lines from the shape. Two interior angles of this polygon would be angle 6 and angle 8 (explanation was given when I first began answering this question). Angle 9 would be exterior since it is outside of the polygon. Two exterior angles of the polygon that are congruent are angle D and angle 9, since they are both 90 degrees (right angles).
